Files transition to offline when server is available

[Rich Wethington]

Hi,
We use Windows Server 2003 Standard edition for our server and Windows
XP for our clients at church. The laptop users have their My Documenst
folder redirected to a network share. One user gets several "You have lost
the connection to <server name>" several times a day. There does not seem
to be any reason. If she immediately goes to Windows Explorer or browses the
network in any way. All of the network drives are there. I tried diasabling
offline fielsa nd then redoing the redirection, but it did not have any
affect. Any help is appreciated.

Thanks,
Rich

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Rich Wethington <RichWethington@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> We use Windows Server 2003 Standard edition for our server and
> Windows XP for our clients at church. The laptop users have their My
> Documenst folder redirected to a network share. One user gets
> several "You have lost the connection to <server name>" several
> times a day. There does not seem to be any reason. If she
> immediately goes to Windows Explorer or browses the network in any
> way. All of the network drives are there. I tried diasabling
> offline fielsa nd then redoing the redirection, but it did not have
> any affect. Any help is appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Rich

Veering OT, is there any reason you actually *want* or need offline files
for your LAN-connected computers? I discourage that offline files is
problematic anyway (I've seen many people lose data and become Very Sad) and
if these aren't remote/laptop users, I just don't see the point. It's better
to have users access the data directly on the server.You don't have to use
offline files just because you use folder redirection.

 

[Rich Wethington]

These are laptop users. I have had problems with offline files also, but
there is no other way to "force" users to save to the network AND still have
those files available to them when they leave the office.

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:

> Rich Wethington <RichWethington@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > We use Windows Server 2003 Standard edition for our server and
> > Windows XP for our clients at church. The laptop users have their My
> > Documenst folder redirected to a network share. One user gets
> > several "You have lost the connection to <server name>" several
> > times a day. There does not seem to be any reason. If she
> > immediately goes to Windows Explorer or browses the network in any
> > way. All of the network drives are there. I tried diasabling
> > offline fielsa nd then redoing the redirection, but it did not have
> > any affect. Any help is appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Rich
>
> Veering OT, is there any reason you actually *want* or need offline files
> for your LAN-connected computers? I discourage that offline files is
> problematic anyway (I've seen many people lose data and become Very Sad) and
> if these aren't remote/laptop users, I just don't see the point. It's better
> to have users access the data directly on the server.You don't have to use
> offline files just because you use folder redirection.
>
>
>

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Rich Wethington <RichWethington@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> These are laptop users. I have had problems with offline files also,
> but there is no other way to "force" users to save to the network AND
> still have those files available to them when they leave the office.

Sorry, you did say "laptops" and I didn't notice.
Event logs might help, perhaps....but I'm adding a crosspost to
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general to cast a wider net (as this is a client
issue, too).




>
> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:
>
>> Rich Wethington <RichWethington@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> We use Windows Server 2003 Standard edition for our server and
>>> Windows XP for our clients at church. The laptop users have their
>>> My Documenst folder redirected to a network share. One user gets
>>> several "You have lost the connection to <server name>" several
>>> times a day. There does not seem to be any reason. If she
>>> immediately goes to Windows Explorer or browses the network in any
>>> way. All of the network drives are there. I tried diasabling
>>> offline fielsa nd then redoing the redirection, but it did not have
>>> any affect. Any help is appreciated.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Rich
>>
>> Veering OT, is there any reason you actually *want* or need offline
>> files for your LAN-connected computers? I discourage that offline
>> files is problematic anyway (I've seen many people lose data and
>> become Very Sad) and if these aren't remote/laptop users, I just
>> don't see the point. It's better to have users access the data
>> directly on the server.You don't have to use offline files just
>> because you use folder redirection.